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Shame on Family Films?
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| October 1, 2010
| L. Brent Bozell
Posted on 10/01/2010 8:49:58 AM PDT by rhema
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To: rhema
This is why Newseak - the entire business - is worth less than a dollar.
No one cares what inane stuff their leftists post.
Although the last few sentences should have been first - Newseak was so worried about sexualizing women that they put Palin on their cover in her running gear.
Joke.
To: Hacklehead
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:32:32 AM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
People really need to get over themselves. Good looks are just that.
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:43:07 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: rhema
Worse than that, Baird the Angry Feminist protested, "The female characters were also more likely than men to be beautiful." And how many of those "ugly men" were portraying the villain or some idiot comedic supporting role?
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: rhema
This is BS.
Even if this is true in terms of stats, regular films more than make up for it.
I am so tired of seeing tiny non-muscular women flipping huge guys or knocking them out with one punch. That is not reality. We are flooded with this kind of crap. All the tv and movies in other categories have the guys being stupid, always needing women’s help to do anything. It’s just crazy.
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:58:03 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: rhema; Revolting cat!; The Comedian
Baird was especially upset that cartoons might exaggerate the female physique: "One in four women was shown with a waist so small that, the authors concluded, it left 'little room for a womb or any other internal organs.'
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:58:15 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: LibFreeOrDie
The “Gee, Nada Vis Institute?”
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posted on
10/01/2010 9:59:09 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: wagglebee
Baird even claimed "another study" found "women in G-rated films wear the same amount of skimpy clothing as women in R-rated films." Pravda Media + Academic Bias BUMP
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:00:23 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: rhema
Man there has to be something in a name. Every “Julia” I’ve ever met has been a liberal feminist. Actively looking at things in society people like and pointing out how they believe women are getting screwed over.
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:01:55 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Hacklehead
I dont know about the movie business but of you watch commercials you would think that white males make up about 10% of the US population, and that 50% of those are hen-pecked, morons, or both.And the 50% who aren't henpecked morons are masked robbers breaking into some woman's house on a home alarm commercial.
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:03:59 AM PDT
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Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
To: socal_parrot
Jessica Rabbit would also rate very high on Julia Baird's Harrumph Meter.
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:05:52 AM PDT
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: rhema; JoeProBono
...the more (tv) a boy watches, the more his views become sexist...Or metrosexist
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:07:47 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: rhema
My only problem with these animated films, is they offer a home to the actors and actresses who by virtue of their liberal beliefs, have lost the ability to draw revenue.
They turn off folks when on film, so they hide them away in these animated films as voices.
To: rhema
They reportedly analyzed 122 family films (rated G, PG and PG-13), including 50 top-grossing ones, between 2006 and 2009. She found it "startling" that there is "only one female character to every three male characters in family movies."I can tell you with good authority that this is a very conscious decision from the studios for the simple reason that experience has borne out time and time again that boys won't go see a girl movie, but girls will go see a boy movie. Look at the current marketing for Disney's "Tangled." It's the Rapunzel story, but they're desperately trying to make it look like it's a boy movie.
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:11:21 AM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: rhema
I am a big fan of Palin and Bachmann (both seriously hot), but I don’t think either has yet eclipsed the conservative accomplishments of Thatcher and Schlafly (not as hot.) Lefties hate conservative women based on their good looks. Conservatives love conservative women based on their principles and accomplishments.
To: rhema; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:22:34 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: esoxmagnum
Many (but not all) celebrity voiced cartoon features are crap. Time was that voice actors were hired because they had the skills to portray a number of characters just with their voices.
Scale is still being hired to do up to three different voices for a work and only drawing one pay.
Celebrities generally don’t offer numerous voices, or even put that much into their readings of the characters.
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:26:27 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: rhema
The female characters were also more likely than men to be beautifulI should hope so
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:29:07 AM PDT
by
fml
To: socal_parrot
Bit more contemporary "real life" photo:
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:30:24 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
What makes you think she sees anything positive in mothers and wives or nuclear families?
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posted on
10/01/2010 10:32:52 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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